When Stephenson's fifth-seeded Indiana Pacers faced LeBron's fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs in April, Stephenson got low to the ground to defend LeBron and appeared to poke him in the eye at one point. And Stephenson was so fired up after a huge dunk - for two of his 12 points in the game - that he head-butted the goal's padded stanchion.

In the Pacers' final regular-season game, Stephenson executed an impressive blocked shot of the Hornets' Dwight Howard from behind. But he celebrated instead of going after the ball, and Charlotte's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist converted an uncontested dunk.

The 27-year-old Stephenson played all 82 games and averaged 9.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.